[Commotion-discuss] Examples of node naming conventions/systems

[Darby Hickey]

Thanks Aaron and Preston, this is great! Any one else have recommendations?


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Preston Rhea <
prestonrhea at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

> pIn Mount Pleasant and Red Hook, hostname and AP naming works like
> this: SLUG-Name
>
> In Mount Pleasant, every node starts with MtPCWN and is followed by a
> name that the owner / host of the node chooses. So,
> MtPCWN-TowerofPower, MtPCWN-1825Ingle, MtPCWN-Paloma.
>
> in Red Hook, they've finally settled on RHWIFI-NAME. With Quickstart,
> it has to be a -, not a _, between names. And spaces aren't a great
> idea in hostnames.
>
> But there are other options of course! You can also name every node
> with the same AP and it will appear as only one SSID.
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Darby Hickey
> <darbyhickey at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > We are working on our "Commotion Construction Kit" materials to help
> people
> > set up their own networks. I am currently looking for some examples of
> node
> > naming conventions/systems so that a new person to wireless networking
> can
> > easily get the idea. Also maybe examples of password creating
> > conventions/systems, both for Admin and for APs.
> >
> > If anyone has anything they'd be willing to share, that would be great!
> > Credit given of course, and we would change any identifying information
> that
> > shouldn't be shared out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Darby
> >
> > --
> > Darby Hickey
> > Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
> > New America Foundation
> > 202-596-3415
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> >
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>
>
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> Preston Rhea
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> New America Foundation
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>
>


-- 
Darby Hickey
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
New America Foundation
202-596-3415
oti.newamerica.net
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